Anonymous posting by registered members is allowed and indeed we think that a measure of forum anonymity encourages people, especially those who may be shy, to write honestly about their views and concerns.

We do not want to impose censorship but posts that are regarded as illegal or go beyond the borders of offensiveness, or that contain indecent words, may subsequently be edited to remove offending text, or deleted.

If readers see things here that require remedial action please click on the link provided (only shown to those who are registered and logged in) to report the offending post to the moderator, or email the webmaster, and we will take appropriate action expeditiously.

Note: because of the ever-increasing number of spamming attempts, some IP ranges are banned. About 80 would-be spammers attempt to register for this forum each day, of which 60 are defeated by the ban list and the other 20 have to be briefly examined before deletion or, if they seem bona fide, acceptance.

If registered members travelling outside the UK find they cannot access this forum (e.g. from the Ukraine or China....) it is probably because there's a block on the internet provider they happen to be using. If there's a persistent problem, please email webmaster with details. To determine your IP address (which I will need to know) you can visit e.g.
www.whatsmyip.org/
or type "what's my IP" into Google's search box.